sweet potato vine edible
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: sweet potato vine edible
- From: D* G*
- Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 11:29:20 -0500
Just to put this wondering about the edibility of the annual vine called
Sweet Potato Vine to rest, (at least it is an annual here in zone 4);-) it
is Ipomoea batatas (or at least Hortus III uses that common name for this
vine) I batatas is the sweet potato and is quite edible (if you like the
taste which I don't). :-) It is recorded in the botanic literature as early
as 1514 by Peter Martyr. It is also mentioned in a letter written by
Chanca the physician to the fourth voyages of Columbus as being one of the
products of Hispaniola.
So, eat away.
Do note however that not all the Ipomoea family is edible. Some such as I
tricolor (the modern morning glory) contain hallucinogens related to the
lsd family.
Doug
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